Cigarette holder and extinguisher



May 30, 1933., w c ATHQN 1,911,262

CIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXTINGUISHER Filed Dec. 1, 1930 i ig.1;

Y'IIIIIII '/IIII/IIIIII1 INVENTOR WITNESS MCI 51611022 4, BY

ATTORNEY Patented May 30, 1933 UNITED STATES WALTER o; ATHON, or oonY,WYOMING GIGARETTE HOLDER AND EXTING'UISHER Application filed December 1,1930; Serial No. 499,378.

This invention relates to combined cigarette holders and extinguishersparticularly adapted for use in connection with ash trays.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice of this character which will positively grip a cigarette and holdit on the ash tray cutting off the flow of air through the cigarette andthereby extinguish it and at the same time holding 1t so that the ashwill drop into the tray and the cigarette body portion be firmly heldagainst falling onto the floor or into the tray..

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder formounting on one side of an ash tray and which includes spring closedgripping jaws having laterally extending diverging arms which whenforced together by the user forces the gripping ends apart and which isso constructed that when force is exerted to open the jaws there will.

be no tilting movement of the ash tray on which it is mounted.

In carrying out these objects, the invention is susceptible of a widerange of modifi- 5 cation without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention; there beingshown in the drawing for illustrative purposes a preferred and practicalform, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a conventional form of ash tray showing thecigarette holder and extinguisher applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2showing the means of mounting the holder on the tray.

In the embodiment illustrated a conventional form of ash tray is shownat 1 having the usual horizontal flange 2 provided with a cigar orcigarette receiving concave seat 3 of conventional form.

It is well known that when cigarettes are placed in the seat 3 theyeasily roll ofi in many cases on a highly polished floor or table andthis is very objectionable especially when the cigarettes are of thecharacter which continually burn until entirely consumed. It is toobviate this difficulty that this improved holder 10 has been designed.This gripping device comprises gripping jaws 11 and 12 normally heldclosed by a spring 13which includes a coiled portion 14: located betweenthe rear ends of the jaws and having arms 1.5 and 16, the arm 15extending over the top of the jaws and engaging the outer face of jaw 11while the arm 16 extends under the. jaws in 1 an opposite direction andengages the outer'face of'jaw 1 2. The rear ends of the gripping jaws l1and 12 are provided o with diverging armsl'f and 18 which when forcedtogether by the user will move the gripping arms'll and 12 apart andrelease I the cigarette which has been held in the seats 11 and 12formed diametrically opposite in the jaws 11 and 12. As will beclearlyseen from Figs; '1 and 2 this holder is mounted horizontally on theflange 2 of the ash tray with the cigarette engaging jaws overhangingthe interior of the tray and the arms or fingers for manipulating themextending outwardo ly beyond the flange. This device is mounted on theflange 2 by means of an inverted U-shaped attaching member 20 preferablymade of a metal strip the ends 21 and 22 of which are bent laterallyoutward in opposite 5 directions as shown in Fig. 3 and extended throughperipherally spaced slots 4 formed in flange 2. These ends. or fingers21 and 22 are clampingly engaged withthe lower face of flange 2 whilethebody portion of the ato v tacher extends up over the cigarette holderproper at the point where the coiled spring 14 is located and the holderis secured to the attacher by means'of a headed stud which extendsthrough the cross bar 19 of the memher '20 down through the coiledspring 14 and has its ends split and the furcations 24 thereof bentlaterally outward in opposite directions and clampingly engaged with thelower face of the flange. This stud 23 is preferably a large cotter'pinor a device sim ilar to it. i I

' When it is desired to place'acigarette in the holder the fingers 17and 18 are grasped by the user and moved towards each other therebyspreading the gripping jaws 11 and 12 apart against the tension of thespring 13 after which the cigarette is placed between the gripping jawsand thefingers released When these fingers are released the spring Vspirit of the invention or forces the aWs into close gripping and compression engagement With the cigarette which Will cut off the flow ofair through the cigarette, causing it to be extinguished, and the asheswill drop into the tray While the body of the cigarette Will bepositively held so that it cannot fall off the tray onto a table orfloor.

Without further description it is thought that the features andadvantages of the invention Will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art, and it Will, of course, be understood that changes in the form,proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, Withoutdeparting from the its-scope as claimed. I claim 1 I A cigarette holdercomprising a tray With a flange said flange having perforations; anattaching member having its end insert'ed 1n certain of the perforatlonsand bent on th'e'nether side of the flange, and gripper means disposedacross the flange Within the confines of saidinember, said means includeingspring pressed jaws and pivot means for the aWs, said pivot meansbeing held at one s end by said attaching member and having its otherend fitted in another perforation in the flange, said ja-Wshaving seatformations at the ends disposed over the-tray, the axis of saidformations being perpendicular to the tray; Y Y g l WALTER G. ATHONL anI bee

